Essential goods to see no VAT, says Kamal

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal said Sunday the essential commodities will be exempted from value added tax (VAT) when the new relevant law comes into effect in July. He said the new VAT and supplementary duty (SD) act will have multiple rates instead of a single rate.Mr Kamal's disclosure came...

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Nor'wester causes power outage across country

Electricity supply across the country was severely disrupted, as several power plants tripped, electricity poles collapsed and wire snapped in many areas due to a strong nor'wester on Sunday evening.The storm coupled with heavy rain took at least three lives in Dhaka while they were crossing the streets.The causalities might...

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Probe team finds FR Tower risky

A probe committee found on Sunday the fire-hit FR Tower at Banani in the city risky as cracks developed in beams and slabs of some floors.The six-member probe committee of the city development authority RAJUK inspected the high-rise building on the day three days after the fire incident that killed...

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Interest rate of bank loan ‘to be brought down’

Expressing her government's firm stance to bring down the interest rate of bank loan to a single digit, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Sunday the government will take measures again to reduce the interest rate for the sake of the country's industrialisation, reports UNB."We'll sit again to discuss how...

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News Watch- (01-04-2019)

HSC exams begin todayThe Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent examinations of 2019 will begin today (Monday) under 10 education boards across the country. A total of 13, 51,505 examinees from 9,081 educational institutions will appear in the examinations this year. Of them, 6, 64,496 are male and 6,...

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Prayer Timings-(01-04-2019)

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